Snorkeling Spots
tugboat at curacao © 11.2014 by Dagmar Schmidt-Neuhaus with GoPro Hero Silver 4
Top 10 diving & snorkeling spots in the world (Forbes-Ranking)
1. Blue Corner, Palau, Micronesia
2.000 Atolle
Chuuk Lagoon for wrack diving
2. Great Blue Hole, Lighthouse Reef, Belize
Belize Barrier Reef
3. Coron Island, Philippines
4. Bonaire, Caribbean
5. Südliches Rotes Meer, Sudan
6. Cocos Island, Costa Rica (german: Kokosinsel vor Costa Rica)
7. Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Whitsunday Islands, Queensland
8. Providenciales (Provo), Caribbean
9. Bali, Indonesia
Pemuteran
Mejangan
Manado – Indonesa (North-Sulawesi)
10. Dinah’s Beach and Observation Point, Papua Neuguinea
Other nice snorkeling places, even for beginners (just a list of interesting spots):
1. Curacao with wrack snorkeling, big fishes (in sea aquarium) and a lot of beautiful tropical fishes (even the lionfish is close to the beaches)
german: niederländ. Antillen
Turtle, Little Curacao © 11.2014 Photo by Dagmar Schmidt-Neuhaus with GoPro 4 Hero Silver
2. Maledives with 1.200 islands (german: Malediven)
e.g. snorkeling at kuramati atoll (the biggest maldives island)
Vilu Reef
Embudu Village
Summer Island
Angaga (Süd-Ari Atoll)
3. Pulau Sipadan in Malaysia (south-east asia)
4. Samarai Island in Papua-Neuguinea
5. Manta Ray Village at Hawaii: Kailua-Kona on Big Island
6. Revillagigedo Islands in Mexico
7. Ras Mohammed Nationalpark in Egypt
Makadi Bay
Marsa Alam
Sharm El Sheik
El Quesir (Mövenpick Hotel house reef) and Mangrove Bay
Sinai, Dahab
Hurgahda, Brayka Bay
Lahami Bay Beach Resort at Hamata/Berenice
8. Thailand: Koh Kai, Koh Phangan/ Haad Yao, Koh Tao, rund um Phi Phi,
Koh Rok, Phuket/ Nai Harn bzw Nebenbucht
Mu Ko Similan
9. Mauritius
Flic en Flac
10. Seychellen
Felicite Island
11. Phillippininen: Boracay, Cebu
Moalboal/Cebu auf den Philippinen
12. Aitutaki, Cook islands
One Foot Island (german: Südsee)
13. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
14. Roatan, Karibik, Honduras
15. Galapagos, Ecuador
16. Bora Bora, French Polynesia
17. Rarotonga, Cook Islands
german: Südsee
18. Sansibar, Tansania
19. Port Vila, Vanuatu (german: melanesisches Archipel)
Wrack Star of Russia
20. Viti Levu, Fidschi
Shark Reef
Taveuni Island, Fidschi Rainbow Reef
21. Bunaken Island, Indonesien
Bunaken National Marine Park
Kalimantan – Indonesien (Borneo)
Sabah – Malaysia (Borneo)
Sulawesi, West Papua, Maluku and Nusa Tengara
22. Espiritu Santo – Südsee (Vanuatu)
23. Tobago (Caribean)
24. Moorea – Südsee (franz. Polynesien)
2 lionfish, sea aquarium © 11.2014 Photo by Dagmar Schmidt-Neuhaus with GoPro 4 Hero Silver
